A Mind That Found Itself
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611043115 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897. He would later be confined to another private hospital as well as a state institution. During these periods he experienced and witnessed serious maltreatment at the hands of the staff. After the publication of A Mind That Found Itself (1908), an autobiographical account of his hospitalization and the abuses he suffered during, he gained the support of the medical profession and others in the work to reform the treatment of the mentally ill. In 1900 he was first confined to a private mental institution for depression and paranoia. He was a leader in the field until his retirement in 1939. He also started the Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven in 1913, the first outpatient mental health clinic in the United States. He was one of five children,
"A Mind that Found Itself" is Beers' own story, as one of five children who all suffered psychological distress and were all confined to mental institutions at one time or another. It also did much to help the rest of the world see mental health issues as a serious disease. In the groundbreaking book, Clifford Beers tells what it was like to be institutionalized at a time when mental illness received little attention or respect. Beers, who wrote the book after his own confinement, gained the support of the medical profession and was a leader in the mental hygiene movement. "A Mind that Found Itself" is an excell
Historical and Interesting I read the free Kindle version of this book. If, like me, you are interested in psychology and history, you will enjoy this book as well. It is interesting to see how the mentally ill were treated in the past and compare to how they are treated now. Somethings have changed and some have not, mainly the stigma of mental illness. In this book, you get to peek inside the mind of a man who suffered from mental illness and found his way back out.. Really enjoyed reading about this advocate for mental health, Really enjoyed reading about this advocate for mental health, Clifford Beers. Found this book at a yard sale and couldn't put it down. A story of a real unsung hero for mental hygiene.. I wanted it that bad, and although I'm peeved that it's now available Six years ago I paid $35 for this book because it was out of print. I wanted it that bad, and although I'm peeved that it's now available for FREE, I do not regret my decision. This is the best book I have ever read. Beers had a way with words."The biographical part of my autobiography might be called the history of a mental civil war, which I fought single-handed on a battlefield that lay within the compass of my skull. An army of unreason composed of the cunning and treacherous thoughts of an unfair foe attacked my bewildered conscious
He was one of five children, all of whom would suffer from psychological distress and would die in mental institutions, including Beers himself (see "Clifford W. He would later be confined to another private hospital as well as a state institution. He was a leader in the field until his retirement in 1939. He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897. In 1909 Beers founded the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, now